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MONDAY, MAY 26, 1980
THE INDEX FOR HOUSING INCREASED BY THREE POINTS IN CPI (A) AND BY ONE POINT IN CPI (B) AS HIGHER RENT WAS REGISTERED IN PRIVATE DWELLINGS AND IN SOME HOUSING SOCIETY ESTATES AND HOUSING AUTHORITY GROUP A ESTATES.
HIGHER CHARGES FOR ELECTRICITY INCREASED THE INDEX FOR FUEL AND LIGHT BY ONE POINT IN CPI (B). THE EFFECT OF THIS INCREASE WAS PARTLY OFFSET BY THE DECREASE IN THE PRICE OF KEROSENE.
THE ONE POINT INCREASE IN THE INDEX FOR CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR IN CPI (B) WAS ATTRIBUTABLE TO HIGHER PRICES FOR RUBBER FOOTWEAR.
THE INDEX FOR MISCELLANEOUS GOODS INCREASED BY ONE POINT IN BOTH CPI (A) AND CPI (B) BECAUSE OF HIGHER PRICES FOR MEDICINES, PERIODICALS, TOILET REQUISITES, RELIGIOUS ITEMS AND FRESH FLOWERS.
THE INDEX FOR TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES INCREASED BY TWO POINTS IN CPI (A) AND BY THREE POINTS IN CPI (B), REFLECTING THE IMPACT OF THE UPWARD REVISION IN PEAK TRAM FARES AND MACAO FERRY AND HYDROFOIL FARES SINCE MARCH AS WELL AS HIGHER CHARGES FOR TRAIN FARES, STAR FERRY FARES, PUBLIC LIGHT BUS FARES AND REPAIR OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
FOLLOWING HIGHER CHARGES FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT AND HAIR- DRESSING, THE INDEX FOR SERVICES INCREASED BY TWO POINTS IN BOTH CPI (A) AND CPI (B).
PRICE MOVEMENTS IN OTHER COMMODITY SECTIONS WERE INSIGNIFICANT.
DETAILS OF THESE PRICE MOVEMENTS ARE GIVEN IN THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REPORT+ FOR APRIL 1980, WHICH WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT $2 A COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE.
PUBLIC CAMPÅ¡ONS NEED PRIVATE HELP
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PRIVATE ENTERPRISE SHOULD PLAY A MORE POSITIVE ROLE IN PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS AIMED AT IMPROVING SOCIAL ATTITUDES, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION (PUBLICITY), MR PETER MOSS, TOLD THE HONG KONG MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION THIS (MONDAY) EVENING.
SPEAKING ON GOVERNMENT AND THE MEDIA, MR MOSS CITED THE FIGHT
CRIME CAMPAIGN AS AN EXAMPLE.
HE SAID THE CAMPAIGN HAD AN ENORMOUS BOOST THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN ESTABLISHING AND PROMOTING ITS GOOD CITIZENS AWARD SCHEME.
+I WISH THAT INDIVIDUAL COMMERCIAL ORGANISATIONS WOULD FOLLOW THE IR EXAMPLE IN OTHER FIELDS, MR MOSS SAID.
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